A geometry factor for natural convection in open cell metal foam

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 697-710

  Su, Yan ^a   Davidson, Jane H ^b   Kulacki, Francis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural convection Metal foam Porous medium Geometry factor

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC; METAL FOAMS; MICROSCOPIC LENGTH SCALE; OPEN-CELL METAL FOAMS; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; SOLID-FLUID INTERFACES; SUPERPOSED FLUID LAYERS;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; FOAMS; HEAT FLUX; METALS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; SPHERES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84876233693     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.03.044     Document Type: Article

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